Re:How San Francisco became a failed city
by jeffbee on Wednesday June 08, 2022 @10:18AM
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> Now the artists were priced out and they moved to Oakland
This is the main part of the problem to me. There's nothing even remotely interesting going on in that city's culture. The entire city is split between people who can afford a 2-million-dollar house, retirees, and people who sleep on the street.
Crime is about the same. When I moved to SF in '98 the very first thing that happened to me was my bicycle got stolen, and my convertible car got its top slashed so many times that I started leaving the doors unlocked, at which point people started sleeping in my car, so I sold it.
Violent crime is actually much lower but that's a long-term trend.
IMHO the problems with that city all stem from the inequality caused by the housing crisis. It drives property crime and it's the reason the city is intensely boring.
This is the main part of the problem to me. There's nothing even remotely interesting going on in that city's culture. The entire city is split between people who can afford a 2-million-dollar house, retirees, and people who sleep on the street.
Crime is about the same. When I moved to SF in '98 the very first thing that happened to me was my bicycle got stolen, and my convertible car got its top slashed so many times that I started leaving the doors unlocked, at which point people started sleeping in my car, so I sold it.
Violent crime is actually much lower but that's a long-term trend.
IMHO the problems with that city all stem from the inequality caused by the housing crisis. It drives property crime and it's the reason the city is intensely boring.